Warehouse Supervisor

PURPOSE OF JOB:
The Warehouse Supervisor is vital in the end to end process of the warehouse function. The supervisor leads by example and ensures PQVC (People/Safety, Quality, Veolcity & Cost) hierarchy of control is adhered to and that the supervisor and their team are customer focused. The supervisor monitors and assumes responsibility for KPI adherence and drives change/improvement within the team to improve safety and process and eliminate waste.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (listed but not exhaustive to):
- Operate within site safety procedures
- Drive safety culture and adherence to PQVC (People/Safety, Quality Velocity & Cost), safety first, quality always
- Ensure KPI’s are monitored and RCCA (root cause & corrective actions) are identified and implemented where KPI’s are failing to mitigate/prevent future occurrences
- Identify wastes (8 wastes 7 physical waste) within the process to improve efficiencies, increase throughput and reduce physical waste product
- Plan workload and outbound trailers in line with customer demands and utilisation of manpower/MHE/resources
- Support any training requirements within the warehouse team where required to ensure the team is cross functional and flexible
- Identify and contain any immediate H&S risks and use RCCA to investigate these risks/incidents and prevent/mitigate any potential future re-occurrence
- Compile dynamic risk assessments to support `non standard` work or lifts
- Support in the compilation of standard work documents & risk assessments
- Ensure reports from BLU are ran at the correct time as periodically set out (stock reports, incoming stock reports etc)
- Drive 6’s culture (Sort, Shine, Set, Standardise, Sustain, Safety), a place for everything and everything in it’s place
- Support in recruitment of personnel when required
- Work closely with the various project admin teams, expeditors, customs teams (not an exhaustive list) to ensure communications are timely and precise and that the customer requirements are being satisfied
- Work alongside warehouse operators to ensure that customer requirements are being satisfied
- Compiling outbound load plans
- General administrative duties
- Act as deputy for the Warehouse Manager as and when required
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND ATRIBUTES:
The job holder will need to be able demonstrate:
- Strong leadership qualities with excellent communication skills
- Ability to coach, develop and train their team
- People management skills including the ability to delegate
- ILM level 2 minimum (or similar awarding body to ILM) preferred or equivalent experience in a previous role
- Dangerous goods (ADR) training/current certificate preferred
- Familiar with manual handling best practice
- Current forklift license would be advantageous but not essential
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to plan daily work schedules for both yourself and the team in order to maximise efficiency
- Good communication skills (both verbal and written) and confident to communicate with both multi-functional internal personnel and also directly with the customer and other external entities such as haulage companies
- Good IT skills and familiar with the Microsoft Office software
- Previous experience of using MRP systems
- Previous experience of using warehouse management systems or MRP systems as a WMS
- Ability to integrate into an established work environment, team and culture
- Excellent understanding of health and safety standards/procedures with IOSH/NEBOSH qualification an advantage but not essential
- Ability to assess process and suggest improvements to improve safety and efficiency both within their own work and other areas of the business
- Reliable and committed individual with a good work ethic and will work within the values and actions
- Adhere to the PQVC (People, Quality, Velocity, Cost) hierarchy of control/culture, safety first, quality always
- Demonstrate a `can do` positive attitude to tasks
- Problem solver
- Previous experience of either leading or being part of a team that has driven process/safety improvements
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